English at UCF... and beyond.

summerstorm
Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:35:27 +0000

DeepThought, have you heard about UCF’s English PhD in Texts and Technology? I would imagine you have, but someone was describing it to me when I visited last week and it made me think of your interest in English and modern-day media.

[UCF: CAH: English Graduate Programs: Ph.D. in Texts and Technology](http://english.ucf.edu/graduate/tandt.php)

Obviously, since you’re considering UCF for undergrad and not for grad school, it’s not directly relevant–still, when I met with a professor from the English department, she said when you complete Honors in the major (with an honors thesis, I mean) you take a graduate course. It might just be one, but I’m not sure.

Anyway, my sense of the English department when I talked to Dr. Angley there there was that it’s a good program, but like all of UCF’s programs, it’s feeling the strains of the bad economy and a rapidly-growing university. At the same time, virtually all of the English department’s classes are offered as both regular and honors, so you could theoretically take almost all of your English requirements as small classes with other honors students. She also discussed English majors who had gotten impressive internships (one with Smithsonian, I think) and had gone on to grad school and had all sorts of careers. (One person she mentioned worked for a while at a non-profit in San Francisco.) I realize this is all a bit vague, but I thought I would share what I found out!